How did we get to this point? I sometimes think that the world has gone mad and I am the only sane person left. I’m reminded of my economics lecturer so sure and certain that the Soviets would rule the world even in the face of overwhelming evidence that the worldwide socialist project was failing. It didn’t get as far as feeling sympathy for him even when the Wall fell but I felt for the waste of his intellect. I still wonder if he muses over the differing fates of citizens of North and South Korea, or how the economic powerhouse of West Germany compared to its sister in the East before reunification. Somehow though I suspect that he is still a believer and that no amount of evidence will change his mind.

Which brings me to the Arab Spring. Was there ever a more over-rated medium than the… Read more